1 plata
u, f. [Lat. platea]
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1. an open road; á þessari hinni miklu platu (v. l. to sléttu), Barl. 209.
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2. a plate, mounted metal, esp. of plate armour the later Middle Ages, the 13th and following centuries; eigi hafði hann platu, muzu né brynju, Bév.: plata is a part of the armour of a king’s man in N. G. L. ii. 427 (Hirðskrá, latter part of the 13th century), D. N. passim, Trist. 12 (see Fr.)
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COMPDS: plötubúnaðr, plötumeistari.